Unfortunately to my mind he is addressing very little. I am getting convinced you guys are very set in one outlook no matter what. Grace7x77 described on de-brain washing himself or looking at language a different way than he had grown up with in church. The problem is this is just creating a different outlook, no better than the one before but different. Unless you can hold all the variations and know which one you approve of, you are just brain washing yourself.
I see the power of the gospel as showing the heart of man and enabling cleansing through His work on the cross. It seems though for many this is not the work of the cross, and cleansing is not on their agenda because we are lost in sin until judgement day. The word changes from sin to walking in the flesh, but the ideas are the same.
The key is salvation Peter. We can't live the Christian way of life apart from being saved and having the Holy Spirit.
If we are not born-again we can't love,live or walk Like Jesus Christ........It requires His Spirit in us.
Salvation first then the walk. We can't do the walk if we are not Born again.
And the believer is only under 4 mandates or commands. If we follow these commands........all others follow.
1. Do not grieve the Spirit.
2. Do not quench the Spirit.
3. Walk in the Spirit.
4. Be filled with the Spirit.
If the believer follows these commands, all others are fulfilled and we are in Gods plan for our lives.
If we are making our salvation dependent upon our walk, that is quenching the Spirit. He sealed us for the day of redemption the moment we believed. Our walk in Him is after this so great a salvation.